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(), a.[Cf. D. schuinte a slope, schuin, schuinisch, sloping, oblique, schuins slopingly. Cf. Askant, Askance, Asquint.] 1. Looking obliquely. Specifically (Med.), not having the optic axes coincident; -- said of the eyes. See Squint, n., 2. 2. Fig.: Looking askance. "Squint suspicion." Milton. Squint v. i.[imp. & p. p.Squinted; p. pr. & vb. n.Squinting.] 1. To see or look obliquely, asquint, or awry, or with a furtive glance. Some can squint when they will. Bacon. 2. (Med.) To have the axes of the eyes not coincident; -- to be cross-eyed. 3. To deviate from a true line; to run obliquely. Squint v. t. 1. To turn to an oblique position; to direct obliquely; as, to squint an eye. 2. To cause to look with noncoincident optic axes. He . . . squints the eye, and makes the harelid. Shak. Squint n. 1. The act or habit of squinting. 2. (Med.) A want of coincidence of the axes of the eyes; strabismus. 3. (Arch.) Same as Hagioscope. Squint v. i.To have an indirect bearing, reference, or implication; to have an allusion to, or inclination towards, something. Yet if the following sentence means anything, it is a squinting toward hypnotism. The Forum. スポンサード リンク
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